CKUWho: Destination Moon with JP Perron & Kayleigh McMillan

CKUWho?

9-10:30p.m. Mondays Destination Moon with JP Perron & Kayleigh McMillan

KEELEY BRAUNSTEIN-BLACK

Stylus: How did you get started with CKUW?

JP: Our friend Adam, who hosted “Rockin’ Chair AM”on Wednesday mornings, asked if we wanted to fill in on a few episodes. We really enjoyed making a radio show, so that led us to Destination Moon.

S: How would you describe your show Destination Moon?

K: We always start with some space or moon songs, then we’ll move into some other genres like Rockabilly, Garage, R&B, Surf, Exotica . . . we are trying to keep nostalgia alive by playing a lot of 50s Forward B-Sides, some really great old records. JP: We have a lot of fun making the show and hopefully listeners will hear a hidden gem that we brought to the airwaves. We like to keep the music going on the turntables with an instrumental to talk over and play a lot of soundtracks, novelty and sound-effect records. Often we will play some samples from B-movies or spoken word bits and we will occasionally do theme episodes.

S: What inspired Destination Moon? What is your origin story?

K: When I started picking records, I remembered listening these familiar tunes on Oldies compilations that I remembered hearing on the radio in the car with my grandma when I was younger or in the movies I watched. I really liked artists like Link Wray, The Sonics, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley.

JP: We’ve been on the hunt for late ‘50s/early ‘60s vinyl and like to look through bins to find hidden gems. I heard so much great music on community radio stations like CKUW or CFCR in Saskatoon, so when we started Destination Moon we wanted to inspire people to dig deep too and look for some great vintage musical oddities.

S: What is your favourite thrift store/bargain bin/yard sale find and why?

JP: We find a lot of great music by taking chances, but it helps that we like to listen to songs others may consider junk like the twist & novelty records. Our theme song comes from the Ames Brothers LP ‘Destination Moon’ which is often found in bargain bins. We take a lot of inspiration from other collectors of ‘Trash’ like Lux & Ivy from The Cramps.

S: Will you tell us any of your favourite record-finding places?

JP: We like to look for vintage vinyl whenever we travel and Manitoba has a lot of people who like music. We go to garage sales, flea-markets, thrift stores and record swaps. Also, I’ve got to mention the fantastic local record shops like Into the Music who are Friends of CKUW.

S: Anything you would like to add?

K: We would like to thank all the people who tune in to hear what we do.

JP: Yeah, programming music to play on Destination Moon every week has kept us active listeners, we are always finding new songs for the show. Little lost treasures that have been unearthed.